Dianetics founder
L. Ron Hubbard, missing target of a sensational divorce suit, allegedly
has been found "hiding" in Wichita, Kan., by Arthur W. Wermuth,
the legendary one-man army of Bataan.

Discovery of the
40-year-old mental-movement mogul was claimed in a petition by his estranged
wife, Sara Northrup Hubbard, 25, asking that her missing mate's California
assets be put in receivership.

Superior Judge Mildred
L. Lillie granted the petition, which was prepared by the wife's attorney,
Caryl Warner, thus tying up the local headquarters of the Dianetics foundation
at 2600 South Hoover street and Hubbard's bank account. Not affected however,
was the foundation's operations at its present site, 715 Parkview Street.

Judge Lillie made
it clear she signed the petition on the strength of the wife's contentions
the foundation was solely owned and controlled by Hubbard and was in fact
his "alter ego."

Last April 24th Mrs.
Hubbard filed her divorce suit, charging her husband had fled the city
with the couple's daughter, Alexis, 14 months, after first snatching her,
the wife, from her apartment and taking her on a frantic ride to Arizona
under threats he would kill her.

The wife said medical
advisers have concluded Hubbard is "hopelessly insane."

Mrs. Hubbard said
two weeks later she received a letter from the Dianetics king saying he
had their child with him in Cuba.

In the receivership
petition the wife said Wermuth, who now is a marshal in the Wichita area,
found that Hubbard "was hiding" in the Kansas City, "but
that he probably would leave town upon being detected."

The wife also included
in her petition a letter she said was written to her last May 2nd by Hubbard's
previous wife, Margaret Grubb Hubbard, of Bremerton, Washington.

The letter said:

"If
I can help in any way, I'd like to. You must get Alexis in your
custody. Ron is not normal. I had hopes that you could straighten
him out.

"Your
charges probably sound fantastic to the average person, but I've
been through it-the beatings, threats on my life, all the sadistic
traits which you charge, 12 years of it . . ."

Hubbard or his attorney
must show cause before Judge Lillie next week why the receivership, now
temporary, should not be made permanent.